[Update: Issue 2 is out now! Grab it from this link]
Back in October, when we launched the new design, we said we were taking this to the next level. Well today we build upon that, with another feature of Smoking Apples. I’m so very pleased to introduce to you, the Smoking Apples Magazine.
When we launched the new design, it became apparent to us that people wanted to dig through our content looking for more interesting articles. However, due to the nature of the internet, and problems with making that information easily accessible, the most that users went through were the featured posts. So we decided that every month, we compile our best posts, in a stunning professional quality eMag would solve this problem. A little over two weeks later, we’re out with our first issue.
So what’s the deal with the magazine then? Here’s a little disclaimer from the magazine itself:
“This eMag is free to distribute by any medium. You can print it, email it, upload it on your web server, or share it on a p2p network if you will. You may however not edit any part of this PDF, copy the content, or split the pages. This PDF must remain whole at all times.
Smoking Apples is in no way associated with Apple, Inc., any software company, or person mentioned in this magazine, the website, or anywhere else. We are a totally independent in our news, views, and hold our journalistic integrity to the highest. Our views cannot be bought.”
So please download it, share it with your friends, and give us any feedback you can throw at us. This is our first issue, and we definitely want to get better next time.
Choose your download option:
[Direct Download] [Email Subscription] [Report Problem]
The PDF looks fantastic guys! I’ve read all your posts but I’m still gonna keep the mag. The design is so clean and crisp that I almost feel guilty not paying for it
Thanks for your comment, Nigel! We really appreciate your comments and any constructive criticism you may have.
Evan
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Oh my God, this is freakin’ awesome, guys! Keep up the good work.
And thanks for throwing in a mention for me. I would’ve hated not to have made it at least into the first issue.
Your mag looks nice. I did find one minor factual error. The battery, memory AND hard drive are replaceable in the low end polycarbonate macbook. The machines are essentially the same as the previous lower-end macbooks. Thanks for all of your efforts. I look forward to the next issue.
Fuckin awesome work. Public space or not, you can’t hold back on the F word cause that’s how it is. I hope the future issues are also going to be free downloads as well (by the look of it I don’t think it will remain free for more than two issues)
Liam.
Rory - thanks for pointing that out. There are a few little problems with the newsletter but will obviously be ironed out in later releases.
Thanks for all your comments, keep them coming.
Evan.
Sweet! That’s 1 of the best ebooks/eMags or whatever you wanna call it. Looked really good and why Aayush Ex?
Thanks for the comments guys! Really means a lot.
@manan: Aayush has left Smoking Apples to pursue whatever it is he wants to pursue. We tried to keep him for as long as possible, but apparently there’s only so many knock knock jokes I could pull off.
Excellent magazine guys. Worth more than 4MB of bandwidth. The design is simply stunning and the posts of course are Smoking Apples class. Already looking forward to the next issue!
Suppprrrrrb! Sent the PDF to my friend who is a recent convert (partly because of me I guess). She was asking me how to get a hard copy subscription!
When I first saw the mag, I was dumbstruck. It’s the height of awesomeness. Good job, Milind.
There’s scope for improvement and we will try to bring out a better issue next time.
This is awesome stuff!
Nice work guys. Great stuff!!
Pretty cool I must say. Good work once again, SA team
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Wow! Lots going on at SA. I am dwonloading the magazine. Got surprised after reading that Aayush has left SA & found a new author on SA! I checked out the About section to read more about Evan but found out that it isn’t updated yet.
Evan, your readers want to know more about you!
Rajbir - hehe thanks for your comments. I’m actually waiting on Milind to add the info. Unfortunatly not _everything_ can be added but some small info is better than none
Keep cool,
Evan
To all those Evan admirers, the About page has been updated with some tasty information about our newest member.
I love it!
I do have one question, where did you get your Dock that is in the “Review - Pixelmator: An early look at the 1.3 Beta “Tempo”” screenshot? I really like the blue circles around the running apps.
I forgot I was using a modified dock until after the PDF was published. Now I can’t find the link to the dock so I can’t direct you to the right place. However, if you send us an email (http://smokingapples.com/contact-the-smoking-team/) I’d be glad to send you the resource files.
Great job!
Just saw it. Superb work.
Awesome work with the e-Mag and the site. Keep it up guys!
Hi guys,
Still waiting patiently for the Dock Resources !!!
The email I have provided is great, thanks.
Dave.
Email has been sent. We don’t send emails unless we have permission to do so. Our own little privacy policy
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WOW! eMag Goobi! You guys are doing well and keep up the cool work!
The pdf is good looking, but for me the TAG CLOUD is stunning. Never seen that in my life.
Keep up the good work, guys.
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It’s simply elegant and very reminiscent of graphic bbs stuff. Thanks for the link.